pikey

n adj white trash. It’s an old English word meaning “gipsy,” but nowadays pikey is also applied to people in possession of track suits, Citroen Saxos with eighteen-inch wheels and under-car lighting, and pregnant fifteen-year-old girlfriends.

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Insults

Related words

off one’s rocker, off one’s trolley, pillock, pish

1 thought on “pikey”

  1. Do you happen to have the background for this’un? I’ve read a few people who think it probably comes from “turnpike”, as with people who live on the road rather than having fixed homes, but they weren’t sure.

    –Nonie

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